mind-blowing
Americanadjective
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overwhelming; astounding.
Spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience.
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producing a hallucinogenic effect.
a mind-blowing drug.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of mind-blowing
First recorded in 1965–70
Vocabulary lists containing mind-blowing
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Example Sentences
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It’s mind-blowing that you wrote the songs on “Trixies,” about this fictional nightclub, when you were teenagers in 1974, within a year of meeting each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
"To go from thinking your child has sunburn to them having an extremely rare genetic disorder is mind-blowing," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
"It's quite mind-blowing that all of this happened autonomously!"
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Plus, for people who are already regular AI users, the capabilities of Siri AI aren’t anything mind-blowing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
It’s mind-blowing enough that I can almost forget that we’re talking about staying after school for debate club.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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